Shaping Biology
Subtitle: The National Science Foundation and American Biological Research, 1945-1975
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: July 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780801863219
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; History of science; Science funding & policy; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Research; Biological Research; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / History; History; Biology; National Science Foundation (U; National Science Foundation (U.S.); United States
First sentence: World War II, as is well known, marked a watershed in the organization of America science.
Description: "In this NSF-funded study, Appel explores how the agency developed, how it worked, and what difference it made in shaping modern biology in the United States. Based on formerly untapped archival sources as well as on interviews of participants, and building upon prior historical literature, Shaping Biology covers new ground and raises significant issues for further research on postwar biology and on federal funding of science in general."--BOOK JACKET.